Puerto Rico

The storm threatens to dump up to 20 inches of rain as forecasters placed Puerto Rico. People are bracing for potential landslides, severe flooding and power outages.

Vázquez was arrested on bribery charges related to the financing of her 2020 campaign. She is accused of engaging in a scheme with several people, including a bank owner and a former FBI agent.

Without Roe, Guam could revert to an abortion ban dating to 1990. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the law unconstitutional in 1992, but it has never been repealed.

The sudden power failure late Wednesday comes just days after another massive outage hit the U.S. territory.

At the height of the blackout, nearly 800,000 customers were without power, according to Luma Energy. The company took over as the island's power authority just 10 days ago.

The indictment on Thursday also included charges against Verdejo's accomplice, who officials say was promised some payment to help drug, kill, and dispose of Keishla Marlen Rodríguez Ortiz.

A witness told the FBI the former Olympic boxer killed Keishla Marlen Rodriguez after she told him she was pregnant with his child. The two allegedly drugged, shot and drowned the woman last week.

Pedro Pierluisi takes office amid the island's ongoing efforts to claw itself out of an economic crunch and recover from natural disasters.

The White House said on Friday that FEMA will award two grants to help rebuild Puerto Rico's electrical grid system and education infrastructure after 2017's Hurricane Maria.